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Israel has captured 17% of Gaza already
We’ve been reporting on Israel’s announcement that it will seize more territory in Gaza, accompanied by large-scale forced evictions of the population.
According to the Israeli rights group Gisha, Israel has already taken control of some 62sq km (24sq miles), or 17 percent of the total area of Gaza, as part of a “buffer zone” around the edges of the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli military issued forced evacuation orders to Gaza people living around the southern city of Rafah and towards Khan Younis, telling them to move to al-Mawasi on the coast, previously designated “a humanitarian zone”.
The move will add further pressure on a population in Gaza already living in one of the most crowded areas in the world.
Israel’s Army Radio said the 36th division – sent to the Southern Command area last month to prepare for military action in Gaza – is taking part in the latest ground offensive.
‘Nearing depletion’: Medical supplies running out after blockade
Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, warns Israel’s monthlong blockade on Gaza has led to shortages of essential medicines and some are “nearing depletion”.
The organisation called for an end to the blockade describing it as “collective punishment” of Palestinians.
“For more than a month no aid or commercial trucks have entered Gaza, the longest period since the war began,” MSF said. “This complete cutoff of aid and electricity has deprived people of most basic services and amounts to collective punishment.”
Teams are also running out of crucial surgical supplies such as anesthesia and antibiotics for children, and medications for chronic conditions such as epilepsy, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Clinics are treating wounded patients “without any painkillers”.
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strikes in Rafah
Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Khirbet al-Adas and Musbah areas north of Rafah. Rafah – Gaza’s southernmost city – has been the focus of Israel’s intensified attacks along with some parts of Khan Younis.
Two Palestinian killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza
Two Palestinians have been killed and others wounded when an Israeli drone bombed people west of az-Zawayda town in the central Gaza Strip. Several people were also injured in an Israeli drone strike on the as-Salam neighbourhood, southeast of southern Khan Younis.
Medical sources have told Al Jazeera 50 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn.
Casualties after Israeli attack hits police force in Deir el-Balah
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior reports that several Palestinians were killed and wounded after an Israeli air strike targeted police officers and personnel in the city, located in the central part of the enclave.
